Jitendra Nath Gohain
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Jitendra Nath Gohain (d. 1 October 2018) was an Indian surgeon. He was the president of the Association of Rural Surgeons of India,[1] and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Nagaon branch. He also was a member of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons.[2]
In 1981, he established the P & K Memorial Nursing Home at Nagaon.[3] In 2006, he was awarded the Chikitsa Ratna Award.[citation needed]
Born in Nagaon, he completed his MBBS at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, and went to London for his residency. There he worked with British medical doctors like orthopaedist Alan Graham Apley. In 1971, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and returned to Assam to serve the society.
In 2007, his biography Jeebonjoyi Dr. Jitendra Nath Gohain: Tyaag aaru Adarkha, was written by journalist Khekhab Gogoi, which remains unpublished.[4]
He died at the age of 85 at Ayursundra Hospital, Guwahati.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "ARSI (Association of Rural Surgeons of India:: XII National Conference". Arsi-india.org. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Dr. Jihendra Nath Gohain". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "About P & K Memorial Nursing Home - Best Orthopedic Hospital Assam". Gohain Nursing Home. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b NEWS, NE NOW (1 October 2018). "Assam: Union Minister Rajen Gohain's surgeon brother JN Gohain no more". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 15 November 2022.